🌱 Patch AM: How Bozeman joined a growing movement rewarding sober drivers

What's up Bozeman! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• How Bozeman joined a growing movement rewarding sober drivers
• How Bozeman researchers are decoding bees' buzz to protect our food

Also on today's calendar: Qigong and 7 more events.

And lastly, we have a post from a neighbor, Jamee W.!

Today's riddle: What did the Buffalo say when his son left? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Sunday: A heavy t-storm in the p.m., with a high of 84 and low of 49 degrees.
• Monday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 86, low: 52. 🌶 Hot!
• Tuesday: Intervals of bright sunshine, with a high of 84 and low of 53 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• How A Montana Tragedy Turned Into A Nation Wide Movement (catcountry1029.com) — Bozeman is now one of several Montana cities where volunteer "Bar Fairies" quietly leave coffee gift cards on cars parked overnight at bars, rewarding people for not driving drunk. The grassroots effort began after a 2023 DUI death in Columbia Falls and has since spread nationwide, drawing millions of TikTok views. Locals can even sign up online to help expand the project in Bozeman.
   

• Good Vibrations: Montana State researcher wins NSF grant to study buzz pollination (bozemandailychronicle.com) — A Montana State University mechanical engineer in Bozeman has secured nearly $585,000 from the National Science Foundation to study how bees use vibrations to shake pollen from flowers. Working with high-speed cameras and a custom-built "electrodynamic shaker," the team is mimicking bee buzzes on tomato blossoms to better understand pollen movement. Their long-term goal is to help develop artificial pollination tools that could support agriculture as natural pollinators decline.
   

📸 Around Bozeman

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Bozeman

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Monday August 24
• OPEN GYM VOLLEYBALL - GRADES: 5-8TH
  Anderson 7-8 Bozeman, MT 59718
  4:00 pm
Tuesday August 25
• Great Basin Emergency Training - Andrew 9-5 Library
  Anderson 7-8 Anderson Main Campus-RM-Library (45) [Google Meet Kit]
  9:15 am
• OPEN GYM VOLLEYBALL - GRADES: 5-8TH
  Anderson 7-8 Bozeman, MT 59718
  4:00 pm
• 2026/2027 Fall Sports Meeting →
  Monforton 6-8 Bozeman, MT 59718
  5:00 pm
Wednesday August 26
• Qigong →
  Lindley Park: The Hollows - across from the Library.
  12:00 pm
Thursday August 27
• Anderson School "Popsicle Pop In"
  Anderson 7-8 Bozeman, MT 59718
  1:00 pm
Tuesday September 1
• First Day of School Grades: 1-8
  Anderson 7-8 Bozeman, MT 59718
• Welcome Back Social
  LaMotte Elementary Bozeman, MT 59715
  4:00 pm
Wednesday September 2
• Kindergarten Orientation (A-K)
  Anderson 7-8 Bozeman, MT 59718
  9:00 am
Friday September 11
• 6th Annual Helena Septemberfest: Gulch Goes Galactic →
  Helena Walking Mall, Helena
  4:00 pm

🗓 Events Nearby

Monday August 24
• OPEN GYM VOLLEYBALL - GRADES: 5-8TH
  Anderson 7-8 Bozeman, MT 59718
  4:00 pm
Tuesday August 25
• Great Basin Emergency Training - Andrew 9-5 Library
  Anderson 7-8 Anderson Main Campus-RM-Library (45) [Google Meet Kit]
  9:15 am
Thursday August 27
• Anderson School "Popsicle Pop In"
  Anderson 7-8 Bozeman, MT 59718
  1:00 pm
Tuesday September 1
• First Day of School Grades: 1-8
  Anderson 7-8 Bozeman, MT 59718

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Heads up, neighbors!
  Two road closures will begin August 24, 2026. Construction continues for the intersection improvement at Oak Street and Ferguson Avenue. From August… (Nextdoor )
• Bear sighting in the 500 block of S.
  3rd. Time to put your trashcans inside if you're able. (Nextdoor South Central Association of Neighbors)

• Montana State University posted a job opening for Bookkeeping and Business Management Non-Tenure Track Faculty - Gallatin College (Applicant Pool) in Bozeman. Apply here.
• Whole Foods Market, Inc. posted a job opening for Prepared Foods Production Team Member (Deli / Culinary Prep) - Part Time Seasonal in Bozeman. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Bozeman here.

🗞 Nearby News

Belgrade

• Belgrade school district to eliminate teacher positions, make other cuts (bozemandailychronicle.com)
• The Real Housewives of Montana? (xlcountry.com)
• Montana man sentenced to 15 years in prison for hit-and-run deadly crash, evidence tampering (kbzk.com)

Manhattan

• Manhattan Christian looking to bounce back from winless season (bozemandailychronicle.com)

Ok Bozeman! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Bison! (Thank you Judy M. for sending it in!)
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